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diff --git a/doc/src/declarative/qdeclarativemodels.qdoc b/doc/src/declarative/qdeclarativemodels.qdoc
index d8b2a5d..91acb3c 100644
--- a/doc/src/declarative/qdeclarativemodels.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/declarative/qdeclarativemodels.qdoc
@@ -206,8 +206,16 @@ The default role names set by Qt are:
\endtable
QAbstractItemModel presents a heirachy of tables. Views currently provided by QML
-can only display list data. In order to display child lists of a heirachical model
-use the VisualDataModel element with \e rootIndex set to a parent node.
+can only display list data.
+In order to display child lists of a heirachical model
+the VisualDataModel element provides several properties and functions for use
+with models of type QAbstractItemModel:
+\list
+\o \e hasModelChildren role property to determine whether a node has child nodes.
+\o \l VisualDataModel::rootIndex allows the root node to be specifed
+\o \l VisualDataModel::modelIndex() returns a QModelIndex which can be assigned to VisualDataModel::rootIndex
+\o \l VisualDataModel::parentModelIndex() returns a QModelIndex which can be assigned to VisualDataModel::rootIndex
+\endlist
\section2 QStringList
@@ -225,7 +233,7 @@ dataList.append("Ginger");
dataList.append("Skipper");
QDeclarativeContext *ctxt = view.rootContext();
-ctxt->setContextProperty("myModel", QVariant::fromValue(&dataList));
+ctxt->setContextProperty("myModel", QVariant::fromValue(dataList));
\endcode
\o